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PATENT om@ SETH Il. GAGE, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES NEAL AND CHARLES F. BOLSER, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,098, dated March 5, 1895.

Application led November 17, 1894E Serial No. 529,122. (No model.) V

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH H. GAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amesbury, 1n the county of Essex and State of Massa- 5 chusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriages, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to a two-seated carriage, and it consists, first, in a construction 1o whereby the rear seat and-tail-gate are so connected that when the tail-gate is lowered the rear seat is in position for use as a seat, and when the tail-gate is raised the rear seat is reversed so that its upper or upholstered side faces downward, and it serves the purpose of a deck, and, secondarily, in a construction whereby the front seat is so connected with the tail-gate that it is caused to jump forward when the tail-gate 'is lowered, and jump rearzo ward when the tail-gate is raised, all substan- .tially as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of a carriage-body illustrating my invention,

the tail-gate being raised and the rear seat reversed into a deck. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3is a longitudinal vertical section with the tailgate lowered,and the rear seat in position tobe used as such. Fig. 4 is 3o a plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a perspective View in detail showing the pivotal connection between the rear seat when used as a deck and the irons connecting with" the tailgate. u Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the floor, A the sills, and a. the side rails of a carriage-bod y, constructed as usual.

B is the tailgate hinged at B to the body.

C is the rear seat (which is adapted to be reversed into a deck) resting on ledges D' supported by the sides D of the carriage-body. The opposite ends of this seat are recessed at CA in order to allow that portion of the seat to dip and swing between the ledges D when the seat is reversed into a deck, as below described, a sufficient space being provided at D by cutting away the ledges to allow of the 5o rotation of the seat. The seat C is pivoted at cl in bearings d on the sides, and is provided on its opposite side edges at points noncoincident with the pivots d, with uprights or brackets E to which are pivoted at E the upper ends of curved links or bars F, the lower ends of said bars being pivoted at F to the outer ends of 'brackets H rigidly secured to the inner surface ot' the tail-gate near its op posite ends. lVhen the tail-gate is raised or closed, as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 5, the up- 6o holstered portion of the seat faces downward and the plain portion of the seat const-itutes a deck, the pivotal connections between the seat and the curved bars F being above the deck. When the tail-gate is lowered into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the bracket H pulls the curved bars or links F, rearward with the effect of drawing their upper ends downward and rearward into the position shown in Figs, 3 and 4, thus completely re- 7o versing the rear seat, which swings on its pivots d and turns its upholstered surface upward for use. The space D aords room for the necessary movement of the upper portions of the irons F and the brackets E, and the recesses C prevent the rear seat from striking the ledges D', while a suicient amount of said ledges remains to serve as supports for said rear seat.

K is the front seat, and K is the lazy-back 8o. upholstered on both sides in order to be utilized by occupants ot both seats. This seat K rests normally on the ledges D as shown.

It will be noticed that the pivots d are not centrally located between the front and rear edges of the seat, so that when the rear seat is reversed into the position shown in Fig. 3, for 4use as a seat, it extends farther forward than when it is in the position shown in Fig.

l and used as a deck. Hence it is necessary 9o that the front seat should jump forward when the rear seat is reversed into a seat and rearward when itis reversed into a deck. This is accomplished by means of two sets of jumpingirons, one of which sets, is connected with the irons which reverse the rear seat.

rlhe jumping irons L are pivotally secured at l to brackets or ears K secured to the under side of the front portion of the seat K, and at Z to the sides of the carriage-body.

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' Atm j um ping irons N are pivotal] y secured to the I-b'rackets or ears K" secured Vtothe underside of `the rear portion of the seat K, while the lower ends of said irons N are pivotally secured atn to links P whose opposite ends are pivoted at F to the curved bars F. These irons or levers N are bent as shown', and at their bends are pivoted at N to the sides of the carriage-body. The eiect is, as above mentioned, to jump the front seat forward when the rear seat is reversed into a seat, and to jump the front seat; rearward when the rear seat is reversed into a deck. Thus the movement of the rear seat is always accommodated, no space is wasted,.and ample provision is made for thev limbs of the occupants of the rear seat. l

It will of coursebe understood that the irons E, F, H, P,N and L are duplicated on the opposite sidesof the carriage-body.

Having thus fully `described my invention, what Inclaim, and desi-re to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. `In a carriage, the combination ofatalgate hinged tothe carriage-body, andaseat having one surface adapted for use as a seat and thefother surface'adapted for :use'as-a deck, said seat being arranged to be operated by the tail-gate and to make a full half :rotation from a horizontal and directlyupward facing seat to a horizontal and dire'ctlydownward facing seat by raising thetailgate and Vand mechanism intermediate with the front seat and rear seat-operating mechanism, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the carriage-body, the tail-gate B hinged thereto and provided with the brackets or irons H, the rear seat C pivoted to the carriage-body at d andV provided with the uprights or irons E at Ipoints noncoincident with said 'pivots,'and the ironsF pivotally'secured at theiropposite ends to the `irons /E yand H, substantially as set'forth.A

4.' The combination of the carriage-body, hinged tail-gate provided with irons H, piv- `otally hung rear seat provided 'with the'irons E, links F, frontl seat K, jumpironsL,jump-' .a

levers Nhinged at Nto'the body, and'link P connecting said jump-ironsw'ith the'links F, substantially as described. j

,SETH H. GAGE. Witnesses:

G. W. POPE, CYRUs W. vHOWELL. 

